Conan the Barbarian #172 [Newsstand]
(July 1985)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860249807
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #68.
This issue is a variant of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #172 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gary Kwapisz
Inks
Gary Kwapisz ?
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Picts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover not by John Buscema. (from Michel Maillot, 20. April 2010)

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Reavers in the Borderland (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Bob Camp
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Tetra; Zacharus; caravan driver (dies); Picts [Kawagne (shaman)]
Synopsis
Zacharus and daughter Tetra enter the pictish lands searching for a treasure map. Conan rescues them.
Reprints
Keywords
Feast of the Gods of the Harvest; human sacrifice; Pictish Wilderness

Which Why? (Table of Contents: 2)

Oreo Cookies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Ad for Oreo Cookies, also includes a maze.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Henry Hung, Joel A. Servatius, Keith Huening, Mike Friel II and Stan Campbell.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. Reavers in the Borderland
    Conan
  3. 2. Which Why?
    Oreo Cookies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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